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Being Flynn - Overview

Genre:   Drama  
Opened: Mar 02, 2012     Run Time: 1hr 42min  
Cast: Robert De Niro   Paul Dano  Julianne Moore   Olivia Thirlby        
Director: Paul Weitz   
Producer: Paul Weitz   Andrew Miano   Michael Costigan  
Executive Producer: Jane Rosenthal   Meghan Lyvers   Caroline Baron  
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Synopsis
Being Flynn: Nick Flynn is a young writer seeking to define himself. He misses his late mother, Jody, and her loving nature. But his father, Jonathan, is not even a memory, as Nick has not seen the man in 18 years. Jonathan Flynn has long defined himself as a great writer, "a master storyteller." After abandoning his wife and child, Jonathan scrapes through life on his own terms, and ends up serving time in prison for cashing forged checks. After prison, he d... Read More
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Box Office Data
# Weeks 5
# Total Gross $0.5M
Additional Content for Being Flynn
Being Flynn
Studio: Focus Features International
Domestic Theatrical Distributor: Focus Features International
Foreign Distribution Sales: Focus Features International
Foreign Theatrical Distributor: Benelux Film Distribution (BFD)
Foreign Theatrical Distributor: Alliance Films
Foreign Theatrical Distributor: Shaw Organization (Singapore)
Production Company: Corduroy Films
Production Company: Depth of Field
Production Company: Tribeca Film Festival
Sound Post-Production Services: C5, Inc.
Phoenix Movie Examiner
By  Joseph Airdo
Critic Rating: 8 star rating 8
Mar 16, 2012
Writer/director Paul Weitz's new drama "Being Flynn" excels at extracting emotion because it is so grounded in reality.That is to say that you will not find any feigned happy endings in the new movie, which is based on Nick Flynn's 2004 memoir. Instead, all you get is the cold, hard truth &n ...
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Houston Movie Examiner
By  Chris Sawin
Critic Rating: 8 star rating 8
Mar 01, 2012
I've lived without a father my entire life. He hasn't passed away and isn’t comatose or medically disabled. He just had no interest in being a part of my life until I turned eighteen. Then his view on me changed, but it was too little too late. Even when he was around the first few yea ...
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